Financials
EA Mobile sees Q2 FY15 revenue rise 64% to $123 million
Steady quarter-on-quarter
Chukong rolls out Cocos Services to provide one-stop mobile game-making shop
Adds monetisation, analytics and operations
Jobs
Over 1,000 staff, but Hamburg-based Goodgames is still hiring
More talent required
Investment
Traplight Games raises $500,000 to launch user-generated social racer What on Earth!
Serial investors Nikolaj Nyholm and Henric Suuronen involved
Beyond geeky: Nike and Apple promise more integrated, stylish wearable tech
Plans are revealed for new collaboration
No big puzzle: GungHo continues western push with 17-BIT deal
Set to publish future releases
Jobs
Pocket Gems searching for talented software engineer
Be the best
Oculus SDK update now supports Unity Free for virtual reality games
Experimental Linux support also being rolled out
Rise of Nations designer Brian Reynolds reboots Big Huge Games to revolutionise mobile strategy
DomiNations due in 2015, published by Nexon M
Game Connection 2014
Game Connection 2014 announces record 900 attending companies
Kicking off in Paris
Pocket Gamer to mix and party in Paris for Game Connection 2014
Two events hitting Paris on 30 October
Drink up with Pocket Gamer and Everyplay at GDC Next
We'll be downing the drinks on 3 November in LA
Jobs
Vivid Games looking to hire an experienced data analyst
Number cruncher
Jobs
Gunjin Games on the look out for C#/C++ programmer
Join the team
Jobs Board
Riccitiello steps up, Playfab bring in Donahue, and Vivid, Next, and Gunjin Games look for new recruits
Positions available
Playmob CEO Ower wins Talent Unleashed's The One to Watch award
Praised by Branson
Compare the market: HeyZap mediation service to allow devs to compare multiple ad networks
Switch on the fly to maximise revenue
As it dumps the Nokia brand, Microsoft announces 9.3 million Lumia sales in Q1
9.3 million sold in last quarter
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds transforms its fortunes
October 13 - October 19
Data
Fast-growing and canabalistic, the mobile games market will be worth $41 billion by 2017
Newzoo predicts $25 billion worth in 2014
We all made mobile games more awesome in Minsk
We all made mobile games more awesome in Minsk
Deal
CMGE gains rights to make Hello Kitty games in China
License to print money?
Bango to provide carrier billing for Samsung's Galaxy Apps store
Carrier billing to enable seamless payments
Unity unveils former EA exec Riccitiello as CEO as Helgason 'steps back'
Co-founder to continue as executive VP
Jobs
Chris Donahue joins PlayFab as director of developer relations
Customer relations
Investment
Buoyant Helsinki: Small Giant Games raises $3.1 million
Round led by Creandum
Data
Over 100 million smartwatches by 2019 but no killer app
Juniper Research looks into its murky crystal ball
Investment
Intel Capital puts $28 million into Chinese wearable tech startups
First input from $100 million China Smart Device Innovation Fund
Jobs
RevMob appoints Pedro Jahara as CEO
New dawn
Deal
Skillz brings cash prizes to Big Buck Hunter
Let the hunt begin
Deal
GREE agrees publishing partnership with carrier KDDI
The power of two
Jobs
MediaBrix builds biz dev team, promoting Art Santos and poaching Appsavvy's Lo Norona
One new, one old
Financials
KongZhong announces special dividend worth $40 million
Buttering up the shareholders
Investment
OurPalm invests $30 million into loss-making subsidiary FingerFun
Moving money around
Alongside new wearables company, Lenovo reveals China-only Google Glass rival
Fits on your spectacles
Deal
OnLive partners with Samsung to give Note 4 users a taste of cloud gaming
Three months for free
Delhi rising: LINE reaches 30 million registered users in India
A billion to go
GLAZEDcon set to explore wearable tech trends on 22 October in London
A day of speakers and an evening of showcases focused on wearables and IoT
Video
Fiksu's Oliver Clark on overcoming the dangers of discoverability
No reward without risk
Gameloft brings Twitch streaming to iOS versions of Heroes of Order & Chaos
Third game from the publisher to support streaming platform
Jobs Board
Zynga's VP of games jumps ship but WildTangent, Next Games and Supercell hiring
Positions open
Video
TrailPay's Wachtang Budagaschwili on the value of Facebook, Kongregate and Steam
Patience is key
Xiaomi ships 19 million smartphones during Q3 2014
Shipping out
Now we are 5: Apple adds iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 to iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini range
Consumer segmentation runs wider
Deal
GungHo and Rovio plan two week Angry Birds and Puzzle & Dragons crossover
When worlds collide
Helpshift introduces free product tier to help indies deal with player support
Reducing your support requests
UK government games policy “shouldn’t pick industry winners”
Nicholas Lovell argues for future-friendly policy environment.
Animoca closes $10 million joint venture deal for Star Girl franchise
Crosby Capital becomes majority owner
Exclusive
Weekly UK App Store Charts: Angry Birds makes its return
October 6 - October 12
Video
Can crowdfunding move from rewards to equity?
David B Hoppe considers the future